achieving effective and efficient long standing outcomes for affected children requires an intentional positive multi-agency approach Background: Today Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, published a report revealing that about 50 000 thousand children under five are at “very high risk of severe harm” because of living in households where there is the existence of … Continue reading Recommendations for caring for children living in “toxic households”

The government has launched a consultation on domestic abuse, in an attempt to find new and more relevant laws and tougher powers to safeguard and assist adult and child survivors. Its aim is to restructure how this social pandemic has been tackled in all spheres – for a generation. Domestic abuse is a pandemic that … Continue reading Responding To Domestic Abuse Bill: A Call To Faith Communities

Originally published by the Sentencing Council, 22 February 2018 A new domestic abuse sentencing guideline has been published today (22 February), giving courts up to date guidance that emphasises the seriousness of this kind of offending. The guideline identifies the principles relevant to the sentencing of cases involving domestic abuse, outlines how the seriousness of offences should … Continue reading Sentencing Council publishes new guideline on domestic abuse

The Bishop of Durham – The Rt Revd Paul Butler, addressing conference delegates On the 23rd of November 2017, we hosted an educational conference geared to empowering faith communities to tackle Domestic Violence & Abuse (DVA) that occurs in their own environments. The conference themed “Foundations For The Future”, was set to lay out a mandate … Continue reading Tackling DVA In Faith Communities: FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE

New rules removing time limit and allowing admission of fresh categories of evidence will come into force in January Victims previously had to provide evidence of abuse within the past five years. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Owen Bowcott Guardian’s Legal Affairs Correspondent Time limits preventing victims of domestic violence from obtaining legal aid for court hearings will be scrapped … Continue reading MoJ scraps legal aid restrictions for victims of domestic violence